2011 Los Angeles Sparks season
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association
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| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
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!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
| Candace Parker
| Jantel Lavender
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
| Tina Thompson
| Ebony Hoffman
LaToya Pringle
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
| Delisha Milton-Jones
| Jenna O'Hea
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
| Noelle Quinn
| Kristi Toliver
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
| Ticha Penicheiro
| Natasha Lacy
|}
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! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association
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{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 5
| Jantel Lavender
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| Ohio State
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| 3
| 29
| Elina Babkina
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| Latvia
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! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
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| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
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| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Andrea Riley
|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
| width=375|To Chicago Sky
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| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
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{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
|}
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
|}
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
| Candace Parker
| Jantel Lavender
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
| Tina Thompson
| Ebony Hoffman
LaToya Pringle
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
| Delisha Milton-Jones
| Jenna O'Hea
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
| Noelle Quinn
| Kristi Toliver
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
| Ticha Penicheiro
| Natasha Lacy
|}
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
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The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association
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{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 5
| Jantel Lavender
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| Ohio State
|-
| 3
| 29
| Elina Babkina
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| Latvia
|-
|}
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Andrea Riley
|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
| width=375|To Chicago Sky
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
|}
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{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
|}
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
|}
!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
| Candace Parker
| Jantel Lavender
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
| Tina Thompson
| Ebony Hoffman
LaToya Pringle
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
| Delisha Milton-Jones
| Jenna O'Hea
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
| Noelle Quinn
| Kristi Toliver
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
| Ticha Penicheiro
| Natasha Lacy
|}
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! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="5%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="10%" | Opponent
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="10%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle
|| 71-66 || Parker
(17) || O'Hea
, Lacy
(6) || Penicheiro
(4) || Torodome
3,212 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Phoenix
|| 83-72 || Milton-Jones
(14) || Milton-Jones
(6) || Lavender
, Penicheiro
(4) || The Pit
N/A || 2-0
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! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Regular Season
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! colspan=2 style="background:#eeeeee; color:#000000" | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
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! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota
|| NBATV
PRIME || 82-74 || Parker
(19) || Parker
(10) || Quinn
(4) || Staples Center
13,589 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota
|| PRIME
FS-N || 69-86 || Toliver
(13) || Parker
(7) || Penicheiro
(5) || Target Center
10,123 || 1-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix
|| || 98-84 || Parker
(22) || Thompson
(9) || Parker
Penicheiro
(5) || Staples Center
10,616 || 2-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle
|| PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman
(12) || Parker
(7) || Toliver
(5) || Staples Center
9,119 || 3-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York
|| ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones
(27) || Parker
(13) || Toliver
(7) || Staples Center
10,389 || 4-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio
|| || 80-90 (OT) || Parker
(25) || Parker
(13) || Penicheiro
(7) || AT&T Center
8,617 || 4-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York
|| || 67-77 || Parker
(16) || Parker
(11) || Penicheiro
(4) || Prudential Center
7,625 || 4-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut
|| ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver
(19) || Thompson
(9) || Milton-Jones
Penicheiro
Quinn
(5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
6,515 || 4-4
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix
|| ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman
(21) || Pringle
(9) || Penicheiro
(5) || US Airways Center
9,826 || 4-5
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle
|| NBATV
KONG || 80-99 || Lavender
(21) || Lavender
(9) || Toliver
(5) || KeyArena
9,686 || 4-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio
|| NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro
(18) || Lavender
Penicheiro
(8) || Toliver
(8) || AT&T Center
6,769 || 5-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver
(25) || Milton-Jones
(9) || Toliver
(6) || BOK Center
5,034 || 6-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington
|| NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver
(21) || Hoffman
(7) || Toliver
(7) || Staples Center
10,398 || 6-7
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio
|| || 69-79 || Lacy
Lavender
(14) || O'Hea
(11) || Lacy
(7) || Staples Center
8,818 || 6-8
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| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star
break
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota
|| || 72-85 || Toliver
(28) || Hoffman
(9) || Lacy
Penicheiro
Quinn
(2) || Target Center
8,044 || 6-9
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta
|| NBATV
SSO
|| 80-89 || Hoffman
(16) || Hoffman
(8) || Penicheiro
(11) || Philips Arena
6,701 || 6-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago
|| CN100
|| 88-84 || Milton-Jones
(19) || Lavender
(6) || Penicheiro
Toliver
(5) || Allstate Arena
5,909 || 7-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana
|| NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman
(13) || Hoffman
(6) || Lacy
(4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
9,256 || 7-11
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut
|| NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones
(14) || Thompson
(8) || Penicheiro
(5) || Staples Center
14,266 || 7-12
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota
|| NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones
(18) || Lavender
(6) || Penicheiro
(7) || Staples Center
13,528 || 7-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro
(23) || Hoffman
(8) || Penicheiro
(7) || Staples Center
8,255 || 8-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix
|| || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender
(25) || Lavender
(10) || Milton-Jones
Penicheiro
(6) || Staples Center
10,512 || 9-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta
|| NBATV
PRIME
SSO
|| 79-84 || Milton-Jones
(19) || Parker
(10) || Penicheiro
(10) || Staples Center
7,522 || 9-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana
|| || 75-70 || Hoffman
(21) || Hoffman
(7) || Parker
(5) || Staples Center
8,102 || 10-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota
|| || 68-87 || Parker
(18) || Parker
(8) || O'Hea
(4) || Target Center
8,816 || 10-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker
(23) || Parker
(9) || Penicheiro
(5) || BOK Center
6,012 || 11-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington
|| CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker
(19) || Thompson
(10) || Penicheiro
(6) || Verizon Center
8,441 || 12-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones
(24) || Milton-Jones
(8) || Penicheiro
(10) || Staples Center
8,997 || 12-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle
|| ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker
(19) || Parker
(14) || Penicheiro
(4) || KeyArena
9,686 || 12-17
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle
|| PRIME || 68-62 || Parker
(27) || Parker
Thompson
(7) || Penicheiro
(5) || Staples Center
9,023 || 13-17
|}
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
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! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix
|| NBATV || 77-93 || Parker
(32) || Milton-Jones
(8) || Penicheiro
Toliver
(4) || US Airways Center
9,620 || 13-18
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio
|| NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW || 65-82 || Thompson
(18) || Milton-Jones
(8) || Penicheiro
(7) || Staples Center
8,502 || 13-19
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender
(19) || Lavender
(12) || Penicheiro
(7) || Staples Center
10,299 || 14-19
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago
|| NBATV
CN100
|| 74-67 || Milton-Jones
(15) || Lavender
Pringle
(6) || Lacy
(7) || Staples Center
13,501 || 15-19
|}
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! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="16%" | Player
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="5%" | APG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | PPG
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 16 || 22.1 || .437 || .429 || .844 || 4.2 || 1.1 || 1.06 || 0.26 || 7.5
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| 29 || 0 || 13.6 || .429 || .333 || .540 || 2.2 || 1.7 || 0.97 || 0.31 || 5.0
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| 33 || 3 || 14.8 || .500 || .000 || .733 || 3.1 || 0.5 || 0.18 || 0.36 || 6.6
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 26.2 || .462 || .352 || .831 || 4.6 || 2.0 || 0.94 || 0.35 || 11.7
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| 31 || 5 || 16.4 || .434 || style="background:#FFC322"|.444 || .786 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0.39 || 0.16 || 4.8
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| 17 || 16 || style="background:#FFC322"|32.6 || style="background:#FFC322"|.511 || .419 || .736 || style="background:#FFC322"|8.6 || 2.8 || style="background:#FFC322"|1.24 || style="background:#FFC322"|1.59 || style="background:#FFC322"|18.5
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 23 || 23.7 || .486 || .417 || .868 || 2.8 || style="background:#FFC322"|4.8 || 0.82 || 0.09 || 6.0
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| 20 || 0 || 11.1 || .473 || 1.000 || style="background:#FFC322"|.889 || 2.4 || 0.3 || 0.25 || 0.65 || 3.9
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| 33 || 23 || 20.6 || .390 || .397 || .818 || 1.8 || 2.0 || 0.64 || 0.06 || 5.1
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| 34 || 33 || 25.0 || .386 || .339 || .833 || 4.6 || 1.1 || 1.15 || 0.68 || 9.9
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| 32 || 17 || 23.6 || .462 || .352 || .831 || 4.6 || 2.0 || 0.94 || 0.35 || 11.7
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Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
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WNBA Draft
The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
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| Round | Pick | Player | Nationality | School/Team/Country |
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| 1 | 5 | Jantel Lavender Jantel Lavender Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks.... |
Ohio State | |
| 3 | 29 | Elina Babkina Elina Babkina Elīna Babkina is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Latvia women's national basketball team.... |
Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
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Transaction log
- February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
- February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.
- February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
- March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
- May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
- May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
- June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
- July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.
Trades
| Date | Trade | |
|---|---|---|
| February 1, 2011 | To Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... |
To Tulsa Shock |
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft | Andrea Riley Andrea Riley Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks.... |
|
| June 1, 2011 | To Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... |
To Chicago Sky Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender... |
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft | Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:... |
Additions
{| cellspacing="0"| valign="top" |
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
|}
Subtractions
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-References:...
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|}
Depth
{| style="text-align: center; background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322"!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Candace Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Tina Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Delisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
| Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|}
Preseason
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
.
WNBA Draft
The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 5
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|
| Ohio State
|-
| 3
| 29
| Elina Babkina
Elina Babkina
Elīna Babkina is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Latvia women's national basketball team....
|
| Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
|-
|}
Transaction log
- February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
- February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.
- February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
- March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
- May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
- May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
- June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
- July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.
Trades
{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....
|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| width=375|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...
|}
Additions
{| cellspacing="0"| valign="top" |
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
|}
Subtractions
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-References:...
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|}
Depth
{| style="text-align: center; background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322"!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Candace Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Tina Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Delisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
| Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|}
Preseason
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
The 2011 WNBA season is the 15th season for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association
Women's National Basketball Association
The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association...
.
WNBA Draft
The following are the Sparks' selections in the 2011 WNBA Draft2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
.
{| class="navbox wikitable"
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="2%"| Round
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="5%"| Pick
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Player
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| Nationality
! style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322;" width="10%"| School/Team/Country
|-
| 1
| 5
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|
| Ohio State
|-
| 3
| 29
| Elina Babkina
Elina Babkina
Elīna Babkina is a Latvian women's basketball player currently playing for Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Latvia women's national basketball team....
|
| Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
|-
|}
Transaction log
- February 1: The Sparks traded Andrea Riley to the Tulsa Shock in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- February 2: The Sparks signed Ebony Hoffman, LaToya Pringle and Natasha Lacy and re-signed Ticha Penicheiro and Noelle Quinn.
- February 3: The Sparks signed Loree Moore.
- February 8: The Sparks signed Courtney Paris and re-signed Chanel Mokango.
- March 31: The Sparks signed Jenna O'Hea.
- May 21: The Sparks waived Chanel Mokango.
- May 25: The Sparks waived Loree Moore.
- June 1: The Sparks traded Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton to the Chicago Sky in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2012 Draft.
- June 2: The Sparks waived Courtney Paris.
- July 11: The Sparks announced that Jennifer Gillom was relieved of her head coaching duties. Assistant coach Joe Bryant was named head coach.
Trades
{| class="navbox wikitable" style="width:80%"! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width=125"|Date
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" colspan=2|Trade
|-
| rowspan=2|February 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| width=375|To Tulsa Shock
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....
|-
| rowspan=2|June 1, 2011
| width=375|To Los Angeles Sparks
Los Angeles Sparks
The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
| width=375|To Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|-
| second-round pick in 2012 Draft
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...
|}
Additions
{| cellspacing="0"| valign="top" |
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Signed
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|Former team
|- style="height:40px"
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
|| February 2, 2011 || Indiana Fever
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|- style="height:40px"
| LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|| February 2, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|| March 31, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|| April 11, 2011 || draft pick
2011 WNBA Draft
The 2011 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 11, 2011 at the ESPN studios in Bristol, Connecticut...
|}
Subtractions
{|class="navbox wikitable" style="text-align: center"|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:140px"|Player
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:100px"|Left
| style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322; width:210px"|New team
|- style="height:40px"
| Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley
Andrea Riley is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Tulsa Shock of the Women's National Basketball Association . She was drafted 8th overall in the 2010 WNBA Draft by the Sparks....
|| February 1, 2011 || Tulsa Shock
|- style="height:40px"
| Marie Ferdinand-Harris || February 24, 2011 || Phoenix Mercury
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|- style="height:40px"
| Betty Lennox
Betty Lennox
Betty Bernice Lennox is an American professional basketball player most recently playing for the Tulsa Shock in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball," "Betty Big Buckets," and her most popular nickname "B-Money."-Childhood:Betty grew up in the small town of Grant, OK. Daughter of...
|| May 3, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango
Chanel Mokango is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA.-References:...
|| May 21, 2011 || free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
|- style="height:40px"
| Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton is an American professional basketball player. She attended high school at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, IL. She currently plays the forward position for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA.-Childhood:...
|| June 1, 2011 || Chicago Sky
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|}
Depth
{| style="text-align: center; background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322"!width="50"|Pos.
!width="250"|Starter
!width="250"|Bench
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | C
Center (basketball)
The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...
| Candace Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
| Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PF
Power forward (basketball)
Power forward is a position in the sport of basketball. The position is referred to in playbook terms as the four position and is commonly abbreviated "PF". It has also been referred to as the "post" position. Power forwards play a role similar to that of center in what is called the "post" or "low...
| Tina Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
| Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SF
Small forward
The small forward, or colloquially known as three, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. Small forwards are typically somewhat shorter, quicker, and leaner than power forwards and centers, but on occasion are just as tall...
| Delisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
| Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | SG
Shooting guard
The shooting guard , also known as the two or off guard, is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. Players of the position are often shorter, leaner, and quicker than forwards. A shooting guard's main objective is to score points for his team...
| Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
| Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
|-style="height:40px; background:white; color:#092C57"
! style="background:#FFC322" | PG
Point guard
Point guard , also called the play maker or "the ball-handler", is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. A point guard has perhaps the most specialized role of any position – essentially, he is expected to run the team's offense by controlling the ball and making sure that...
| Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
| Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
|}
Preseason
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Preseason
|- valign="top"
|
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="5%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="10%" | Opponent
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="10%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || May 25 || 3:00pm || Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| 71-66 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(17) || O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
, Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
(6) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(4) || Torodome
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Dominguez Hills is a public university located in the South Bay region of Los Angeles County and was founded in 1960...
3,212 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 2 || May 28 || 10:00pm || Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|| 83-72 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(14) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(6) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
, Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(4) || The Pit
N/A || 2-0
|}
|}
Regular season
{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;"|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#5c2f83; color:#FFC322" | 2011 Game Log: Regular Season
|-
! colspan=2 style="background:#eeeeee; color:#000000" | All games are viewable on WNBA LiveAccess or ESPN3.com
|- valign="top"
|
June
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 1 || June 3 || 11:00pm || Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
|| NBATV
PRIME || 82-74 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(19) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(10) || Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(4) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
13,589 || 1-0
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 2 || June 5 || 3:30pm || @ Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
|| PRIME
FS-N || 69-86 || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(13) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(7) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || Target Center
Target Center
The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....
10,123 || 1-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 3 || June 10 || 10:30pm || Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|| || 98-84 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(22) || Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(9) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
10,616 || 2-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 4 || June 19 || 8:30pm || Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| PRIME || 74-50 || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(12) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(7) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(5) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
9,119 || 3-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 5 || June 21 || 10:00pm || New York
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...
|| ESPN2 || 96-91 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(27) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(13) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
10,389 || 4-1
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 6 || June 24 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
|| || 80-90 (OT) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(25) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(13) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(7) || AT&T Center
AT&T Center
AT&T Center is an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It seats 18,581, for basketball , 13,800, for ice hockey and 19,000, for concerts or religious gatherings and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms .It was completed in 2002, as the SBC...
8,617 || 4-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 7 || June 26 || 4:00pm || @ New York
New York Liberty
The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league...
|| || 67-77 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(16) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(11) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(4) || Prudential Center
7,625 || 4-3
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 8 || June 28 || 8:00pm || @ Connecticut
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
|| ESPN2 || 76-79 || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(19) || Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(9) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(5) || Mohegan Sun Arena
Mohegan Sun Arena
The Mohegan Sun Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Uncasville, Connecticut located inside Mohegan Sun. The arena facility features of configurable exhibition space and a clear span...
6,515 || 4-4
|}
|
July
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 9 || July 5 || 9:00pm || @ Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|| ESPN2 || 82-101 || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(21) || Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
(9) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || US Airways Center
US Airways Center
US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It opened in 1992, and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena...
9,826 || 4-5
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 10 || July 9 || 10:00pm || @ Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| NBATV
KONG || 80-99 || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(21) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(9) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(5) || KeyArena
KeyArena
KeyArena at Seattle Center , is a multipurpose arena, in Seattle, Washington. It is located north of downtown in the entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, the Century 21 Exposition...
9,686 || 4-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 11 || July 12 || 8:00pm || @ San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
|| NBATV
PRIME
FS-SW || 84-74 || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(18) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(8) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(8) || AT&T Center
AT&T Center
AT&T Center is an indoor arena, located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It seats 18,581, for basketball , 13,800, for ice hockey and 19,000, for concerts or religious gatherings and contains 2,018 club seats, 50 luxury suites and 32 bathrooms .It was completed in 2002, as the SBC...
6,769 || 5-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 12 || July 15 || 8:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 79-74 || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(25) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(9) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(6) || BOK Center
BOK Center
The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,100-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million...
5,034 || 6-6
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 13 || July 17 || 8:30pm || Washington
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
|| NBATV || 85-89 (OT) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(21) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(7) || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
10,398 || 6-7
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 14 || July 18 || 10:30pm || San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
|| || 69-79 || Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(14) || O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
(11) || Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
8,818 || 6-8
|-
| colspan="11" align="center" valign="middle" | All-Star
2011 WNBA All-Star Game
The 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Silver Stars. The game was the 10th WNBA All-Star Game, which has been held annually since 1999 except in 2004, 2008, and 2010...
break
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 15 || July 26 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
|| || 72-85 || Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(28) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(9) || Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
Quinn
Noelle Quinn
Noelle Quinn is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA, currently playing for the Los Angeles Sparks.-High school:...
(2) || Target Center
Target Center
The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....
8,044 || 6-9
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 16 || July 28 || 7:00pm || @ Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
|| NBATV
SSO
SportSouth
SportSouth is a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. SportSouth, formerly Turner South, relaunched on October 13, 2006...
|| 80-89 || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(16) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(11) || Philips Arena
Philips Arena
Philips Arena is an indoor arena in Atlanta, Georgia.Completed in 1999 to replace The Omni, at a cost of $213.5 million, it is home to the Atlanta Hawks, of the National Basketball Association, and the Atlanta Dream, of the Women's National Basketball Association...
6,701 || 6-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 17 || July 30 || 8:00pm || @ Chicago
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
|| CN100
Comcast Network
Comcast Network is a cable television station that is shown mostly in parts of Comcast Cable services in the Eastern part of the US. Viewed in four states and 20 television markets from New Jersey to Virginia on Comcast cable systems. The main focus of the network is Philadelphia although they...
|| 88-84 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(19) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(6) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(5) || Allstate Arena
Allstate Arena
Allstate Arena is a multi-purpose arena, in Rosemont, Illinois.It is home to the Chicago Rush, of the Arena Football League, DePaul University's men's basketball team, the Chicago Wolves, of the AHL, and the Chicago Sky, of the WNBA.It is located near the intersection of Mannheim Road and...
5,909 || 7-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 18 || July 31 || 6:00pm || @ Indiana
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| NBATV || 63-98 || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(13) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(6) || Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
(4) || Conseco Fieldhouse
Conseco Fieldhouse
Conseco Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose arena located in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Opened in November 1999 to replace Market Square Arena, it is home to the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association and the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association...
9,256 || 7-11
|}
|
August
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 19 || August 3 || 3:00pm || Connecticut
Connecticut Sun
The Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
|| NBATV || 70-79 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(14) || Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
14,266 || 7-12
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 20 || August 7 || 8:30pm || Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
|| NBATV || 78-84 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(18) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(6) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
13,528 || 7-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 21 || August 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || PRIME || 71-66 || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(23) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
8,255 || 8-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 22 || August 12 || 10:30pm || Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|| || 93-90 (OT) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(25) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(10) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(6) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
10,512 || 9-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 23 || August 16 || 10:30pm || Atlanta
Atlanta Dream
The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...
|| NBATV
PRIME
SSO
SportSouth
SportSouth is a regional sports network in the United States, with its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. SportSouth, formerly Turner South, relaunched on October 13, 2006...
|| 79-84 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(19) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(10) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(10) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
7,522 || 9-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 24 || August 18 || 10:30pm || Indiana
Indiana Fever
The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| || 75-70 || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(21) || Hoffman
Ebony Hoffman
Ebony Vernice Hoffman is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA. She currently plays and won the championship with Fenerbahçe İstanbul in Turkey...
(7) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(5) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
8,102 || 10-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 25 || August 20 || 8:00pm || @ Minnesota
Minnesota Lynx
The Minnesota Lynx are a professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1999 season...
|| || 68-87 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(18) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(8) || O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea
Jenna O'Hea is an Australian professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the Women's National Basketball Association and the Dandenong Rangers in the Women's National Basketball League. She is also a member of the Australia women's national basketball...
(4) || Target Center
Target Center
The Target Center is an arena in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is sponsored by Target Corporation. The arena has a capacity of 20,500 people. It contains 702 club seats and 68 suites....
8,816 || 10-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 26 || August 21 || 7:00pm || @ Tulsa || || 73-67 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(23) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(9) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || BOK Center
BOK Center
The BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,100-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Designed to accommodate arena football, hockey, basketball, concerts, and similar events, the facility was built at a cost of $178 million...
6,012 || 11-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 27 || August 23 || 7:00pm || @ Washington
Washington Mystics
The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
|| CSN-MA || 86-82 (OT) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(19) || Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(10) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(6) || Verizon Center
Verizon Center
Verizon Center is a sports and entertainment arena in Washington, D.C., USA, named after telecommunications sponsor Verizon Communications, and has been nicknamed the "Phone Booth" because of its association with telecommunications companies...
8,441 || 12-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 28 || August 26 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 75-77 || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(24) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(10) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
8,997 || 12-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 29 || August 28 || 9:00pm || @ Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| ESPN2 || 63-65 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(19) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(14) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(4) || KeyArena
KeyArena
KeyArena at Seattle Center , is a multipurpose arena, in Seattle, Washington. It is located north of downtown in the entertainment complex known as Seattle Center, the site of the 1962 World's Fair, the Century 21 Exposition...
9,686 || 12-17
|- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb"
| 30 || August 30 || 10:30pm || Seattle
Seattle Storm
The Seattle Storm is a professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
|| PRIME || 68-62 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(27) || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
Thompson
Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(7) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(5) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
9,023 || 13-17
|}
|
September
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable"
|-
! width="4%" | Game
! width="8%" | Date
! width="5%" | Time (ET)
! width="9%" | Opponent
! width="5%" | TV
! width="7%" | Score
! width="10%" | High points
! width="10%" | High rebounds
! width="10%" | High assists
! width="11%" | Location/Attendance
! width="5%" | Record
|- align="center" bgcolor="ffbbbb"
| 31 || September 3 || 10:00pm || @ Phoenix
Phoenix Mercury
The Phoenix Mercury is a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; it is one of the eight original franchises...
|| NBATV || 77-93 || Parker
Candace Parker
Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
(32) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
Toliver
Kristi Toliver
Kristi Toliver is a former basketball player for the University of Maryland at College Park. She is from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and has an older sister, Carli. She is the daughter of former NBA referee, George Toliver, and Peggy Toliver.-High school:Attended Harrisonburg High School and...
(4) || US Airways Center
US Airways Center
US Airways Center is a sports and entertainment arena located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It opened in 1992, and is the home of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association, the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association, and the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena...
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| 32 || September 6 || 10:30pm || San Antonio
San Antonio Silver Stars
The San Antonio Silver Stars are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah before the league's inaugural 1997 season began; the team moved to San Antonio...
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Tina Thompson
Tina Marie Thompson is a professional basketball player in the WNBA for the Los Angeles Sparks. The first draft pick in WNBA history, Thompson was selected first by the Houston Comets. She helped lead the Comets to four WNBA Championships...
(18) || Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(8) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
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| 33 || September 9 || 10:30pm || Tulsa || NBATV || 84-73 || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(19) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
(12) || Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro
Ticha Penicheiro is a Portuguese professional basketball player who plays for Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
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| 34 || September 10 || 10:30pm || Chicago
Chicago Sky
The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2006 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Michael J. Alter and Margaret Stender...
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Comcast Network
Comcast Network is a cable television station that is shown mostly in parts of Comcast Cable services in the Eastern part of the US. Viewed in four states and 20 television markets from New Jersey to Virginia on Comcast cable systems. The main focus of the network is Philadelphia although they...
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DeLisha Milton-Jones
DeLisha Milton-Jones is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association . Milton-Jones played college basketball for the University of Florida. In her twelve-season WNBA career, she has played for the Washington Mystics and Los...
(15) || Lavender
Jantel Lavender
Jantel Lavender is a basketball player who most recently played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association.-WNBA:Lavender was selected the first round of the 2011 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks....
Pringle
LaToya Pringle
LaToya Pringle is an American professional basketball player. She was recently forward for the Minnesota Lynx of the WNBA.-Personal life:...
(6) || Lacy
Natasha Lacy
Natasha Lacy is an American professional basketball player in the WNBA. Lacy was born in El Paso, Texas and is the daughter of Austin and Pauline Lacy. She has three older siblings, Keota Maryuen, Marcus and Austin. She attended Montwood High School were she earned three varsity letters...
(7) || Staples Center
Staples Center
Staples Center is a multi-purpose sports arena in Downtown Los Angeles. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. Opening on October 17, 1999, it is one of the major sporting facilities in the Greater Los Angeles...
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Regular season
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! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GP
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | GS
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | MPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FG%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | 3P%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | FT%
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | RPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="5%" | APG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | SPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | BPG
! style="background:#5c2f83;color:#FFC322;" width="6%" | PPG
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 16 || 22.1 || .437 || .429 || .844 || 4.2 || 1.1 || 1.06 || 0.26 || 7.5
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| 29 || 0 || 13.6 || .429 || .333 || .540 || 2.2 || 1.7 || 0.97 || 0.31 || 5.0
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| 33 || 3 || 14.8 || .500 || .000 || .733 || 3.1 || 0.5 || 0.18 || 0.36 || 6.6
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 26.2 || .462 || .352 || .831 || 4.6 || 2.0 || 0.94 || 0.35 || 11.7
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| 31 || 5 || 16.4 || .434 || style="background:#FFC322"|.444 || .786 || 1.5 || 1.3 || 0.39 || 0.16 || 4.8
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| 17 || 16 || style="background:#FFC322"|32.6 || style="background:#FFC322"|.511 || .419 || .736 || style="background:#FFC322"|8.6 || 2.8 || style="background:#FFC322"|1.24 || style="background:#FFC322"|1.59 || style="background:#FFC322"|18.5
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| style="background:#FFC322"|34 || 23 || 23.7 || .486 || .417 || .868 || 2.8 || style="background:#FFC322"|4.8 || 0.82 || 0.09 || 6.0
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| 20 || 0 || 11.1 || .473 || 1.000 || style="background:#FFC322"|.889 || 2.4 || 0.3 || 0.25 || 0.65 || 3.9
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| 33 || 23 || 20.6 || .390 || .397 || .818 || 1.8 || 2.0 || 0.64 || 0.06 || 5.1
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| 34 || 33 || 25.0 || .386 || .339 || .833 || 4.6 || 1.1 || 1.15 || 0.68 || 9.9
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| 32 || 17 || 23.6 || .462 || .352 || .831 || 4.6 || 2.0 || 0.94 || 0.35 || 11.7
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Awards and honors
- Candace ParkerCandace ParkerCandace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
was named WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of August 15, 2011. - Candace ParkerCandace ParkerCandace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and is also the younger sister of NBA player Anthony Parker. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008...
was named to the 2011 WNBA All-Star Team2011 WNBA All-Star GameThe 2011 WNBA All-Star Game was played on July 23, 2011 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, home of the San Antonio Silver Stars. The game was the 10th WNBA All-Star Game, which has been held annually since 1999 except in 2004, 2008, and 2010...
as a starter.
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